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<p><span style="color: #000000;"><img style="float: right; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" src="http://cc.org/sites/default/files/Obama147_31.jpg?1437674044" alt="" height="137" width="147" />While it’s no longer news, it’s still shockingly unbelievable that President Obama and the P5+1 group (United States, United Kingdom, Russia, China, France and Germany), have agreed to a nuclear deal with Iran; the world’s largest supporter and exporter of terror.&nbsp; Iran currently has a nuclear program in place and, despite denials from the White House, this new deal has opened a pathway for Iran to enrich weapons-grade uranium and be ready with a nuclear bomb in ten years or less. Furthermore, part of the nuclear deal will lift current economic sanctions resulting in a windfall to Iran in excess of one hundred and fifty billion dollars.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">One can hardly call this a “deal” in that, despite White House rhetoric, a “deal” is defined as an agreement reached by two or more parties for their mutual benefit.&nbsp; In the case of the Iranian nuclear deal, Iran gets all the tangibles while America, Israel and the rest of the free world get only promises from those known to have lying lips. When a negotiating partner threatens their opponent with death, that’s not diplomacy. That’s intimidation.&nbsp; Throughout the process as the P5+1 were sitting around the “negotiating” table with Iran, the Iranian people were in the streets declaring and chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.” What part of that did the P5+1 not understand?</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Like it or not, the weak leaders of the West concluded a weak deal with Iran. What were Obama, Kerry and the others thinking when deadline after deadline was missed and pushed back?&nbsp; Couldn’t they see that their lack of strength and their watery actions and convictions conveyed to the world a “please, pretty please” attitude of appeasement toward Iran?&nbsp; In the eyes of the world, they were not negotiating a deal with Iran but rather begging Iran for a deal, any deal.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">In the agreement reached there is no guarantee of anything for any of the players except the Iranians who gained the complete advantage over everyone. Going forward, watching the Middle East will be like watching a chess match with a series of moves unpredictable at present. It would be expected for the other Middle Eastern countries to immediately consider defensive moves in order to keep ahead of the potential weaponization of Iran.&nbsp; In simple terms, this means an arms race by unstable governments and/or terrorist regimes but it’s more than just a potential for a nuclear arms race; it’s the escalation of production of medium and long range missiles that may or may not accompany possession of a nuclear bomb. Such weapons in the hands of people with a mindset of destruction would not be for defensive purposes but rather offensive thus conferring more instability in the Middle East and beyond.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">In such a climate, alliances for protection will be difficult to achieve and the U.S. will find it difficult to protect its allies. This leaves Israel in quite a quandary. How does this a tiny nation defend itself against such potential outside aggression?&nbsp; Anti-Semitism is on the rise worldwide making it common to hear public rants of “Death to the Jews,” “Death to Israel.” In fact, many Palestinians and others in the Middle East would just assume the annihilation of the Jews once an arms race is underway.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Furthermore, the nuclear deal with Iran does not help the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. In fact it makes it more difficult. Any and every country needs space or land mass to protect itself. Having defensible borders is nonnegotiable. Indeed, all the land that Israel presently possesses was gained from prior acts of aggression against the tiny Jewish state from which she emerged victorious.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Israel can no longer rely on the United States for support or protection. Ideologies can change as is apparent in the present relationship between the U.S. and Israel. Those who truly embrace freedom and democracy and who understand the very real Islamic goal of world domination are confused about the stance of Obama and the American government. This is true within and outside of the United States of America.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Israel has no choice but to bolster its own defenses, hunker down and resolve not give up land for any reason. The instability in the Middle East is not getting any better and the future is very unpredictable. Iran proved to be very resourceful in building a nuclear infrastructure with limited funding.&nbsp; If sanctions are lifted, what will Iran do with the more than one hundred and fifty billion dollar windfall?&nbsp; O“bomb”a’s legacy may prove to be more explosive than he ever imagined.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>
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<div class="og_rss_groups"></div>Barack ObamachinaDemocracyFranceGermanyIranIsraelJewsJohn KerryMiddle Eastnuclear weaponsPalestiniansRussiaUnited KingdomUnited StatesuraniumThu, 23 Jul 2015 17:54:18 +0000Earl Cox15697 at http://cc.orgLaughing all the way to Tehranhttp://cc.org/commentary/laughing_all_way_tehran
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="Caption1"><sub><span style="font-family: Arial; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and US Secretary of State John Kerry pose for a group picture at the United Nations building in Vienna</span></sub></span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"> </span><span class="credit"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Photo: Joe Klammar/AFP</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">A majority of Americans believe that Iran can not be trusted to abide by a nuclear agreement. There is very good reason for this as Iran has a long history of breaking its international commitments, is the world’s foremost sponsor of terrorism, and has consistently lied about the scope and intent of its nuclear program.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">In fact, in the final days of the negotiations that concluded on July 14<sup>th</sup> with the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iranian leaders gave every indication that they were as committed as ever to the destruction of Israel and of the United States—their negotiating partners. Thousands of Iranians gathered in Tehran that Friday for al-Quds Day chanting “Down with America” and “Death to Israel.” Protestors burned Israeli and American flags, as well as posters depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and American President Barack Obama.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Regime leaders also joined in the festivities, including President Hasan Rouhani and former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei made a statement indicating that the struggle against the U.S. will continue even if a nuclear deal is signed. Ayatollah Ali Jannati told the Fars news agency: “We march not only against Israel….We also march against the arrogant powers,” code words for Europe and the U.S. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">An Iranian tech company used the occasion to launch a game for use on smart phone devices called “Missile Strike,” which awards points to players for firing missiles at Israeli cities and military bases. Just a couple of days earlier Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) put out a statement that the destruction of Israel is the Islamic world’s top priority. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Trusting Iran</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Yet, President Obama persisted to sign an agreement with Iran, admitting to the Atlantic’s reporter Jeffrey Goldberg, “Look, 20 years from now…. If Iran has a nuclear weapon, it’s my name on this.” President Obama trusted the Iranian regime enough to not only sign an agreement with them, but to place his reputation on the line for decades to come.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It is truly baffling to think Obama has that much faith in an agreement that is as weak as this one, and that is signed by a notoriously deceptive regime. When the negotiations began the goal was to persuade Iran’s rulers to dismantle their nuclear program. Iran’s skilled negotiators turned the tables and walked away with $100 billion in sanctions relief, the ability to hide much of their nuclear activities, permission to continue research and development on advanced centrifuges, no sites shut down, no centrifuges destroyed, and billions of Iran’s blocked revenues in foreign banks unfrozen. Iran is claiming it achieved all it wanted. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Iranian negotiators, seen elated and gleeful in Venice, surely laughed all the way back to Tehran. Their success was acknowledged by Iranian President Rouhani when he said that “the deal is a legal, technical and political victory for Iran.”</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Why would the world’s superpower with vastly greater economic and military power than Iran, in partnership with five other strong countries, make this type of one-sided agreement? The Obama administration not only made concession after concession, but proved themselves dishonest by attempting to mislead the American people with a Framework Agreement factsheet that was later proven inaccurate. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Forcing the agreement on the American people</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">President Obama is now insisting that he will veto any legislation that blocks the Iran deal. This means Congress will need a veto-proof majority vote, which looks impossible in the House and very difficult in the Senate.&nbsp; </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Reports now indicate that the Administration has plans to force the JCPOA on the American people by going through the UN Security Council. The US Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, has already circulated a draft resolution to the 15-member UN Security Council that if adopted would be legally binding on Congress and on the next president.&nbsp; </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The draft resolution is said to contain provisions that go beyond the actual JCPOA signed with Iran. For example, it lifts an embargo on conventional weaponry in five years and eases restrictions on the development and import of ballistic missile technology in eight years. The UNSC vote may take place as early as Monday.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">While the Obama Administration is touting the JCPOA as historic and momentous, it is actually disastrous. They claim it will prevent war, but the reality is it will inevitably lead to military, possibly nuclear, conflict.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Outcome one: an emboldened Iranian regime</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Between the $100-150 billion income from sanctions relief, and the hundreds of billions of dollars of frozen Iranian assets that will be released, the Iranian regime will be strengthened, the ayatollah’s rule will be consolidated, and no opposition will be able to topple them. So, we can forget any hope of a change in Iranian leadership, and a more peaceful government before the JCPOA expires.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Outcome two: an expanded Iranian military</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">In this year’s budget, President Rouhani’s administration had already increased Iran’s defense budget by 32.5%. With the additional cash flow they will now be able to meet that budget and expand their military strength, exerting a much greater influence in the region.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Outcome three: increased funding of terrorist groups</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">After a four month halt in Iranian funding to Hamas and Islamic Jihad because of budgetary concerns, the money is once again flowing freely to these terrorist groups now that the successful negotiations have been concluded. Hamas has declared that Iranian assistance is the key to the destruction of Israel.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Outcome four: nuclear arms race in the Middle East</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Sunni Arab leaders are complaining that they have been betrayed by this agreement with Iran. They fear growing Iranian Shi’ite influence throughout the Middle East and are committed to pursuing their own nuclear weapons, which will severely destabilize the region and increase the likelihood of nuclear conflict.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Outcome five: a nuclear Iran</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Iran will produce nuclear weapons, either legally after the expiration of the agreement, or illegally in secret defiance of it. The second option is likely as the JCPOA does not include a strong mechanism of verification, such as “anytime,” “anywhere” short-notice inspections, to ensure that they are not in fact producing nuclear weapons. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Outcome six: nuclear terrorism</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Imagine for one moment a world in which Iranian-sponsored terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas possess nuclear weapons. They could detonate a few dirty bombs in major cities and bring the world to its knees. Terror and absolute chaos would rule the day as never seen before.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The negotiations that were intended to dismantle a nuclear program the Iranians denied they had, have in fact legitimized their program and allowed for their acceptance as a nuclear power in ten years.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">To believe that this is a good deal, you must trust Iran. The American people do not. Over the next 60 days Congress will be reviewing the JCPOA and it is critical that they hear from you to reject this bad deal. Sign the petition calling for a deal that fully dismantles Iran’s nuclear program.</span></p>
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<div class="og_rss_groups"></div>Ayatollah KhameneiBarack ObamaBenjamin NetanyahuHamasHasan RouhaniHezbollahIranIsraelJoint Comprehensive Plan of ActionMahmoud AhmadinejadTehranUnited NationsSat, 18 Jul 2015 00:23:51 +0000Susan.Michael15670 at http://cc.orgTrue Christians are not part of the BDS crowdhttp://cc.org/commentary/true_christians_are_not_part_bds_crowd
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">True Christians support Israel because G-d says we should.&nbsp; Recognizing Evangelical Christians as true friends of Israel, the late Yuri Shtern established the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus in 2004 for the purpose of building a direct line of communication, cooperation and coordination between the Knesset and Christian leaders around the world.&nbsp; Yuri understood that anti-Semitism was on the rise and took steps to create a solid and lasting friendship with Evangelical Christians who have faithfully stood with Israel, supporting and helping the Jewish nation and people.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">How can true Christians be identified?&nbsp; The Bible says you can identify the people of true faith by their works.&nbsp; Several Evangelical Christian groups are operating full time in Israel helping the impoverished and bringing comfort and encouragement to the people of Israel as the Bible says we should.&nbsp; Christians make significant financial contributions to many worthy causes such as the concrete bomb shelters strategically placed in and around Israeli cities and towns along the Gaza border.&nbsp; These bomb shelters have saved countless lives by providing much needed protection against incoming rockets from Hamas terrorists in Gaza.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">True Christians are active and outspoken in support of Israel and proudly call themselves “Zionists.”&nbsp; An example comes to mind of the many enthusiastic marching groups of Evangelical Christians which come to Israel each year to participate in The Jerusalem March held during the Feast of Tabernacles. March participants come from many nations and continents just to be counted as supporters of Israel.&nbsp; They adorn themselves in brightly colored clothing and carry festive flags and banners expressing and proclaiming love and support for Israel. &nbsp;It’s a deep down “in the soul” type love which those who engage in BDS campaigns do not possess and cannot comprehend.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Evangelical Christians believe that Israel has the absolute right to exist as Jewish state on all of the land from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea – on land which was given to them by the Almighty as an everlasting possession.&nbsp; This means that the land belongs to the Jews forever and not to the Arabs who, according to the Bible, are the illegal occupiers.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">It’s impossible to be a true Christian while denying what the Bible says about G-d having deeded the land of Israel to the Jews and the Jews being G-d’s chosen people.&nbsp; Those who claim to be Christians but believe otherwise may be fooling themselves.&nbsp; The Bible talks about a time that will come when G-d will say to those counterfeit Christians, “Depart from Me. I never knew you.”&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">It’s disturbing how mainstream, non-evangelical Christian denominations have initiated boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns against commercial enterprises doing business with Israel and against products made in Israel. If the world only knew the many inventions and advanced technologies which were birthed in Israel and from which the world greatly benefits, these same people would be thanking Israel instead of boycotting. It’s the liberal leaders in the mainstream churches who are polluting the hearts and minds of their congregants and the congregants are allowing themselves to be led astray because they are unfamiliar with the Word of G-d and the truth about Israel.&nbsp; They occupy church pews on Sunday but their knowledge of His Word is only superficial.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Israel must know that true Evangelical Christians are not part of the BDS crowd.&nbsp; Evangelicals promote support for Israel and Israeli products at every opportunity and encourage trade between our countries and Israel.&nbsp; Why are Evangelical Christians so fervent in supporting Israel?&nbsp; Because we know that without the Jews and their faithful recordings in the Torah, Tenach and other holy writings, the Christian faith would be without a written and recorded foundation.&nbsp; The roots of Christianity are solidly founded in Judaism. The Jews gave us our Bible and our G-d selected Jewish men to be the writers. We live by Judeo-Christian doctrines, principles, and values. How can any person claim to be a Christian and not embrace Israel and the Jews?&nbsp; After all, Jesus came to the world through the Jews so how can we love Jesus without also loving His family?</span></p>
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<div class="og_rss_groups"></div>Anti-SemitismBDSboycottChristiansGazaIsraelKnesset Christian Allies CaucusRight to ExistYuri ShternWed, 15 Jul 2015 14:05:43 +0000Earl Cox15651 at http://cc.orgPlaying up to Palestinians is playing with the fire of G-dhttp://cc.org/commentary/playing_palestinians_playing_fire_gd
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><img style="float: right; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" src="http://cc.org/sites/default/files/PalIsra147_14.jpg?1435585811" alt="" width="147" height="137" />An agreement has been released by the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and in it he referred to the “State of Palestine.” The agreement deals with aspects of “the life and activity of the Catholic Church in Palestine.”</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000;">This treaty is very disturbing in that the Vatican is officially stating its unilateral recognition of Palestine as a state which it is not. This is a political hot potato in which the Pontiff has no business delving. The Pope has wittingly or unwittingly entered into an arena that is beyond the church’s scope and beyond the authority of his governance of the religious life of Catholic’s.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000;">Certainly Pope Francis is aware of the political ramifications of his one-sided support of a two-state solution though it has yet to be accomplished. Since there is no conclusion, either he or his handlers must be chuckling in their contribution to the complicated Israeli-Palestinian issue for which the Pope has added more fuel to the already hot fire.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000;">To be charitable, it may be possible that the Vatican believes they are helping to expedite a two-state solution in order to hasten a peace process thinking that any peace process is better than none. This, of course, does not take into consideration Israel’s legitimate concerns that all issues must be addressed appropriately from the start as there is no room for error or backtracking or for the compromise of Israel’s security. Even the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs agrees that such recognition of an unrecognized Palestinian State is hurting rather than helping the process. Surely Pope Francis must know that “blessing” the Palestinian Authority with such recognition will only stir up more propaganda against Israel causing the fire to intensify. Trying to force a one-sided, two-state solution in favor of the Palestinians is wrong in every way. Any real peace treaty must take Israel’s concerns into consideration and must include Israel in the process. The Pope’s reference to the “State of Palestine” was totally irresponsible. The Palestinian PR machine will use the Pope’s words to their advantage to garner additional international attention and support in their favor.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000;">As reported by The Jerusalem Post, Israel itself has been negotiating with the Vatican over the years but has been unable to reach an agreement on “Catholic life and activity in Israel.” There are other issues of concern to Israel such as Catholic rule over sites considered to be holy in Israel but these are separate from the stated reports of the Vatican’s agreement with the PA. How the Vatican managed to reach an agreement with the Palestinian Authority and not with Israel is difficult to understand. It is well known that Israel is the only country in the Middle East which respects people of all faiths. Other Middle Eastern countries give minimal or no recognition or protective status to those who do not embrace Islam and this includes the Palestinians. The number of Christians in Muslim-dominant countries and the West Bank has been decreasing at an alarming rate because of persecution while the percentage of Christians in Israel has been growing about 1.3 % annually.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000;">It would be better for the Vatican to place its faith in G-d rather than the Palestinian Authority. The Pope should read carefully the word of G-d which says, in several passages, that the Israelites (the Jews) “shall dwell in the land I (G-d) gave to your fathers and I will be your G-d.” How can the Pontiff love Jesus and not love His (Jewish) people? Coming against G-d, the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, is a very bad idea especially for the leader of the Catholic Church. Perhaps the Pope has been persuaded by Palestinian Christians who are claiming that Jesus was a Palestinian. Of course this is quite absurd. Jesus’ story from a solely historical perspective as recorded in the New Testament of the Bible clearly documents that He was born to a Jewish family and that He was born in Israel but Palestinian revisionists have been busy misrepresenting and distorting the facts in an attempt to rewrite history.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000;">Whatever is contained in the “life and activity agreement” the Pope made with the Palestinians better be very explicit in its statements and he should be prepared for the contents to be garbled by Muslim radicals who will turn against the agreement or alter it to their full and exclusive advantage. &nbsp;Pope Frances has no experience in foreign policy and apparently lacks a real understanding of the historical record of Muslims and Middle Eastern cultures. Although the Pope has expressed remorse for the horrors of the Holocaust, he and his aides seem to have an anti-Israel agenda. He should realize that he is participating in promoting a climate that could give rise to another such atrocity. The Pope should stay out of the political arena which could very well backfire against him and against his Catholic constituents. Trampling on Israel and working against the Jewish people is likened in the Bible to “touching the apple of &nbsp;G-d’s eye” and for this he is at risk of being badly burned himself.</span><br /><br /></p>
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<div class="og_rss_groups"></div>PalestiniansPope FrancisRoman Catholic ChurchVaticanMon, 29 Jun 2015 13:50:41 +0000Earl Cox15605 at http://cc.orgThe anti-Semitic UN Human Rights Councilhttp://cc.org/commentary/antisemitic_un_human_rights_council
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><img style="float: right; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" src="http://cc.org/sites/default/files/UnitedNations147_2.jpg?1435332665" alt="" width="147" height="137" />The UN Human Rights Council recently released its report of the Israeli-Gaza conflict last summer known as Operation Protective Edge. The report cites violations of international law and alleged possible war crimes on both sides.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Prime Minister Netanyahu described the report as “morally flawed.” Dore Gold, Israel’s former ambassador to the United Nations and world renowned expert on Middle Eastern affairs, also responded to the report by describing Israel’s position and discussion on tunnels, timing on ending the confrontation, unnecessary deaths by the Palestinians and the protection of Israel afforded by Iron Dome.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">The number of Gazan casualties is untrustworthy because Hamas and other Palestinian government authorities are known to inflate statistics and their arithmetic is quite faulty. The civilian to terrorist casualty rate is thought to be much less than that reported by Hamas even in light of Hamas’s uncivilized tactics of using innocent human beings as shields for their weapons and terrorist command and operation centers.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">There are several other articles and blogs that strongly support Israel’s case but it seems no matter what Israel does the world always embraces an opposing, anti-Israel position.&nbsp; During Operation Protective Edge, Israel’s “back was up against the wall.”&nbsp; As a sovereign nation, Israel has not only a right but also a duty to protect her land and her citizens from unprovoked attacks.&nbsp; Israel’s retaliatory response to Hamas’s unprovoked attacks this past summer was absolutely justified.&nbsp; I was in Israel carefully watching and reporting.&nbsp; Israel’s military acted with fairness and restraint and went to extraordinary lengths to fight against unfair battlefield tactics employed by Hamas terrorists operating from Gaza.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">It’s time for the world to truthfully acknowledge what Israel faced this past summer and what Israel continues to face as she stands strong against her neighbors who have vowed to wipe Israel from off the face of the earth.&nbsp; Forget political and cultural prejudice which unfairly separates people and look instead through the lens of basic human morals and ethics embraced by all civilized societies.&nbsp; All human being know instinctively what is right and what is wrong because we are all created in the image of G-d.&nbsp; Sadly, many have been brainwashed into believing and following false gods which promote hate over love.&nbsp; A hate-filled society cannot live in peace with its neighbors because their moral compass is broken and points in the opposite direction. Such a society has lost any sense of civility is therefore not of G-d – the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob – who teaches peace and love, not hate and violence.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Looking squarely at the facts, any territory that fires rockets, even just one rocket, into another country is guilty of criminal conduct and Hamas is guilty of firing thousands of rockets indiscriminately into Israel even before Israel retaliated for the first strike. World leaders and the United Nations specifically should condemn and halt violent, hostile behavior which would prevent retaliatory attacks and thus save lives. But because it doesn’t, Israel has been faced with no other options other than to protect itself from her aggressive, hate-filled, hostile neighbors.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">It’s pure evil to use innocent men, women and children as human shields to protect armament yet this is a common practice of Hamas which rules and reigns over the Palestinians in Gaza. The entire world, and especially the UN, should stand against such despicable human rights violations and condemn such behavior as the war crime that it is.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">While radical Muslims such as those ruling over the Palestinian people have no respect for life and are willing to die and send their children to die in order to fulfill their agenda of hate, they have no right to cause others to die for such a cause. This constitutes murder and is a moral outrage against God.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">So long as the UN continues to largely ignore or sweep the reprehensible actions of Hamas and other terrorist organizations under the rug and instead focus their attention on finding fault with Israel, which is the most moral country in the Middle East, then ISIS and other terrorist entities will continue their parade of death and destruction across the Middle East and around the world.&nbsp;&nbsp; The UN seems more concerned with a burning bush than the massive forest fire engulfing the region.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Israel is facing an enemy that has forgotten how to be civil and live in peace.&nbsp; The concept of basic human rights has been bred out of those who embrace terror and hate.&nbsp; Peace will never be real or lasting until all parties can agree on what constitutes acceptable moral conduct.&nbsp; This will give the UN a template for understanding basic human rights “for all people” then perhaps the prejudicial double standard against Israel will be recognized for what it really is – anti-Semitism - and let this be reflected in the report.</span></p>
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<div class="og_rss_groups"></div>Barack ObamaChristian PersecutionChristiansIslamMilitant IslamNigerParisTue, 02 Jun 2015 16:20:08 +0000Earl Cox15537 at http://cc.orgYoung Terrorist Traineeshttp://cc.org/commentary/young_terrorist_trainees
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<div class="og_rss_groups"></div>GazaHamasIsraelJihadMon, 01 Jun 2015 18:07:24 +0000Earl Cox15532 at http://cc.orgThe West is Apathetic Toward Radical Islam http://cc.org/commentary/west_apathetic_toward_radical_islam
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<div class="og_rss_groups"></div>EgyptMuslim Brotherhoodradical Islamstate departmentFri, 29 May 2015 15:27:21 +0000Earl Cox15529 at http://cc.orgValues of Life and Libertyhttp://cc.org/commentary/values_life_and_liberty
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<div class="og_rss_groups"></div>DemocracyfreedomJudeo-Christian valuesTue, 26 May 2015 13:56:47 +0000Earl Cox15521 at http://cc.orgIslam Produces Bad Fruithttp://cc.org/commentary/islam_produces_bad_fruit
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<div class="og_rss_groups"></div>IslamIsraelradical IslamterroristsTue, 19 May 2015 16:01:09 +0000Earl Cox15496 at http://cc.org